He probably wanted the OP to be anonymous in that post and let it slide off quietly and now you just exposed everything here 
He only exposed that the thread creator is now anonymous but not who created it. The only revelation for me is the anonymous nature of the thread now. Royse777's OP has been quoted multiple times, so there is no doubt about who the original author is. Besides, DarkStar_'s post shows that Royse777 asked him to escrow the project funds, etc., etc.